Misha Maltsev is from the Republic of Sakha, North-Eastern Siberia and belongs to the Yakut-Sakha tribe, of Altaic-Turkic speaking peoples.
Misha Maltsev
In the mid-eighties, when most people in the former Soviet Union were listening to state approved music, Misha 19s curiosity and passion led him to establish underground connections with international experimental musicians from around the world. By the early nineties he worked on TABYK Ethno-Music Festival with a group of like-minded producers and musicians. Today, the Tabyk Festival continues to be one of the leading Indigenous Music festivals in Siberia.
Misha then moved into radio and music production, launching a series of innovative radio shows for Yakutsk State and FM Radio and collaborated with some of the leading performers like Stepanida Borisova, Chyskyyrai and others. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he was instrumental in bringing Siberian musicians to the west for the first time.
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See how frozen carcass reindeer meat will be cut into small pieces. Photos and video were done by Artem Petukhov and Katya Ipatieva (they stand behind the Adventure in Yakutia blog http://adv.yktv.ru, in Russian) specially for eYakutia.com . Thanks, guys.
Yeah, we, Yakutians, love meat. We eat them a lot. To save money, we usually buy them of big sizes, and then we think how to cut them. Praise god, there are people who are ready to help at the cost of 20 bucks for each carcass. Read the rest of this entry…
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The popular Dutch travel show “3 Op Reis” is currently featuring the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It dedicated two TV Show series to our region, one to Yakutsk, another to Verkhoyansk, the coldest town in Yakutia. The TV crew visited Yakutia in early October 2009. Hehe. Remember I recommended them to go to Verkhoyansk.
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See the first portion of old photos. 42 photographs. Scanned and presented by Misha Maltsev, a London-based Yakutian.
My comment: I think scanned old book pictures have their own aesthetics.
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A popular German newspaper RP published Doris Heimann’s article dedicated to Yakutsk under the title “Jakutsk – kälteste Stadt der Welt. Minus 45 Grad sind normal” (Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world. Minus 45C is regular temp.)
I remember Doris Heimann, Moscow-based RP reporter. She was in Yakutsk two years ago. A year ago she published her story. And only now I digged out her story.
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